Lecithocera indigens
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Lecithocera indigens is a species of moth
of the Lecithoceridae
family. It is found in Yunnan
in China
and Taiwan
.
The wingspan
is 14-16 mm.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Lecithoceridae
Lecithoceridae
Lecithoceridae is a family of small moths. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalaya ecozone and the southern part of the Palaearctic ecozone.-Systematics:...
family. It is found in Yunnan
Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...
in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
and Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 14-16 mm.
External links
- http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:BN5k3cZvSIsJ:www.sinica.edu.tw/zool/zoolstud/39.4/360-374.pdf+Genus+Tisis+Walker+from+Malaysia+and+Indonesia+(Lepidoptera:Lecithoceridae),+with+Description+of+Three+New+Species&hl=nl&gl=nl&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShz_NgZI_8gt_hKXs0Qzm9GhjuTVCBOa9P2oNoDNnzHHlDHQaSEf1FzfBRJOnMm4EAXGxP_44rCmApPAOjBWb4xBNISWQC-DGo2Q0LjVJc9DwKaW5tOKZhAD2tH6_X7K98tRJTR&sig=AHIEtbSP292pjXmr6slW7QF53nMRjidrPALecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) of Taiwan (II): Subfamily Lecithocerinae: Genus Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer and Its Allies]